Festivals & Contests

Contest/Festival: MusicFest Vancouver ( August 6, 2020-15, 2010 )
Deadline: August 6, 2010 at 4:00pm

Summary: Get set to join us this summer for extraordinary live music!

You’ll find full details on more than 40 classical, world and jazz concerts and events in nine favourite Vancouver venues - everything from large ensembles to stellar solo performances along with our trademark free, educational sessions.

This year we’re weaving a special anniversary theme through the schedule as we bring back some of the favourite local and international artists who have delighted you over our 10-year history. We’re bringing some of Australia's finest classical, jazz and world musicians to Vancouver for the first time with a special 2010 programming spotlight on the music of Australia. Our full lineup showcases gifted artists from around the world and across Canada, appearing in afternoon and evening concerts.

For more information: http:///www.musicfestvancouver.ca

Contest/Festival: Scion Art Contest ( July 15-August 20, 2010 )
Deadline: August 20, 2010 at 4:00pm

Summary: Are you creative? Are you Artistic?
Here’s an event that allows you to show off your creative spirit! Your task is to create a work of art that creatively hides The Scion logo somewhere in it. Your project can be related to anything you’d like, using any media you’d like, but there has to be a hidden element of myJPscion. From crayons to blocks of ice, the possibilities are endless.

So get involved! Be creative! Have fun!

Contest Details
Upload your artwork at http://myjpscion.com/enter-our-contests/artwork/

Upload A sample jpg 1001px wide, less that 1MB file size.

the winner will be required to send in the winning art piece for display.

Contest Dates
July 15th - Aug 20th, 2010

Prizes
1ST PLACE: $1,000
2ND PLACE: $500
3RD PLACE: $250

For more information: http://myjpscion.com/enter-our-contests/artwork/

Contest/Festival: Rediscover Granville 2.010 ( July 3-September 6, 2010 )
Deadline: September 6, 2010 at 4:00pm

Summary: Rediscover Granville 2.010 takes place every weekend this summer, starting July 3 and ending September 6, with activities happening throughout the day. Until buses return for the start of school, Granville Street downtown is closed to traffic all summer, and open to the public as a community space for five blocks between Smithe and Hastings.

Keeping vehicles off of the street is opening Granville up for people to play, walk, shop and relax. Scheduled programming on the street also creates a unique opportunity for healthy recreational activity to take place in the heart of downtown Vancouver.

Rediscover Granville 2.010 has an exciting mix of free events and activities taking place every weekend including:

Dancing
Art lessons
Concerts
Street hockey
Markets
Exhibits

There are also plenty of spaces to kick back, relax and socialize, with increased public seating and extended business patios down the street. There’s something for everyone to do this summer on Granville.

For more information: http://www.rediscovergranville.com

Contest/Festival: 2010 GLOBAL COMEDYFEST VANCOUVER ( September 16-26, 2010 )
Deadline: September 16, 2010 at 4:00pm

Summary: Tickets are on sale now for the 7th annual Global ComedyFest Vancouver, sponsored by the DVBIA, taking place from September 16 to 26. This internationally-recognized event has become a prime destination for all forms of funny - from stand-up, sketch to musical comedy.

This year's line-up includes Charlie Murphy on September 18, Gerry Dee on September 23 and Tom Green on September 24 - all at the Vogue Theatre. Also, check out "Comedy Power Pack in 3D," a stand-up and comedy video show in 3D presented and performed by local comics Jy Harris, Reza Peyk and Gary Fong. It takes place at the Vogue Theatre on September 17. Tickets are available now at www.ticketmaster.ca.

For more information: http://www.ticketmaster.ca

Contest/Festival: Pixar Artists Masterclass in Vancouver ( September 24-25, 2010 )
Deadline: September 24, 2010 at 4:00pm

Summary: Pixar Artists Masterclass in Vancouver
Sep 24, 2010 - Sep 25, 2010

VanArts is proud to present a Masterclass in Animation & Story Development with instructors Story Artist Matthew Luhn and Animator Andrew Gordon, both from Pixar Animation Studios!

This exceptional 2-day event takes place in Vancouver on September 24th/25th, and offers participants a rare and exciting opportunity to learn from the industry's top talent.

This class has toured the world, with this being one of only two North American stops in 2010 (Toronto and Vancouver). Check out the latest VanArts-hosted Toronto June 2010 session, and read a report on Canadian Animation Resources. It was also recently held in London (UK), and here's what participants said.

Geared toward experienced animators, students and animation enthusiasts alike, the skill sets covered are not software-specific. Lectures are organized with visuals, including live-action and animated clips, and supplemented by a printed handout. This masterclass provides you with the tools needed to create your own stories and feature-quality animation -- plus offers a great opportunity to meet and network with others in the industry.

CURRICULUM
DAY 1
Animation
Instructor Andrew Gordon
9:00am - 5:00pm

Principles of Animation
Staging & Pose Design
Locomotion
Acting for Animation
Gestures
Planning
Blocking
Facial Animation
Polish
Q & A

DAY 2
Story Development
Instructor Matthew Luhn
9:00am - 5:00pm

Storyboarding & the Story Artist
Preliminary Storyboards
3-Act Story Structure
Sequence Boards & Character Development
Gags
Storyboarding from a Script
Composing Your Storyboards
Line & Value
Q & A

VENUE
Fletcher Challenge Theater - Simon Fraser University at Harbourfront Centre. Located at 515 West Hastings St. in downtown Vancouver, BC.

INSTRUCTORS
Matthew Luhn, Pixar Animation Studios

Matthew Luhn began his career at Pixar Animation Studios in 1992 as an Animator on the very first CG movie, Toy Story. Since that time, Matthew has worked as a Storyboard Artist generating new ideas and characters on Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, Cars, Ratatouille, UP, Toy Story 3, and current Pixar movies in development.

Prior to Pixar, Matthew attended the California Institute of the Arts, and would later be hired as an Animator on the award winning TV show The Simpsons.

Matthew grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area where his family has owned and operated Jeffrey’s Toys toy stores for three generations.

Andrew Gordon, Pixar Animation Studios

Andrew Gordon has been animating characters professionally for over 15 years. He joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1997 where he has been an Animator on A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Ratatouille. The characters he has worked on include Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc., Gill, from Finding Nemo and Edna Mode, the costume designer in The Incredibles, and Linguini from Ratatouille. He supervised animation on Pixar’s Academy Award nominated short film Presto, and just recently worked on Toy Story 3.

Mr. Gordon studied animation in Vancouver, New York and New Jersey, and prior to his work at Pixar, he worked in the Looney Tunes division of Warner Brothers. He was awarded "Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture" by the Visual Effects Society for his work in Finding Nemo.

He has been passionate about teaching animation for over 10 years. He began teaching at the Academy of Art, teaching all levels of the animation program there. He has taught animation intensives throughout the world. Andrew is also actively involved in The Pixar Animation Internship, helping lead it for for 2007, 2009 and the upcoming 2010 program. Andrew is a contributing lecturer at Animation Mentor. He is a frequent guest artist at CSU Summer Arts Program. He is one of the founders of Spline Doctors (www.splinedoctors.com), a blog/podcast dedicated to animation education. He is currently helping develop and teach at the new animation program at California College of Art in Oakland (CCA).

REGISTRATION
Cost of this 2-day class is CDN $499. Includes course workbook with notes (prepared by Andrew and Matthew), plus a commemorative class t-shirt and portfolio bag. Refreshments will be provided during the morning and afternoon breaks. Seating is limited and offered on a first-come basis.

Register Online (recommended), or call us at toll-free at 1-800-396-2787.

For more information: https://register.beanstream.com/scripts/registration.asp?form=852

Contest/Festival: 10 Indie, Student Game Competitions: A Shortlist for Your Submissions

Summary: http://gamecareerguide.com/features/476/10_indie_student_game_.php

For more information: http://http://gamecareerguide.com/features/476/10_indie_student_game_.php

Contest/Festival: 12th Annual LA Shorts Fest

Summary: Location: Laemmle Sunset 5 Theaters

The largest short film festival premieres the best shorts in the world. This is where entertainment professionals and trend setters discover hot new talent.

For more information: http://www.lashortsfest.com

Contest/Festival: Dining Out For Life 2008

Summary: On Thursday, March 27th, thousands will fill their plates to fight AIDS.

Over 200 restaurants from Whistler to White Rock and throughout the valley
will join the fight against AIDS by donating 25 percent of their food revenue
from meals sold during this important event. All money raised will go directly
to Friends For Life and A Loving Spoonful; Lower Mainland charities that
provide support to local people living with HIV/AIDS. Last year, the event
raised almost $180 000 for these organizations.

Contest/Festival: Display your work at FLAVOUR!

Summary: Evoke Events Ltd. is having their launch event called Flavour at the Croatian Cultural Center.

Evoke Events mandate is to showcase BC artists to promote local talent. At this event, there will be a multitude of artists working in all media exhibiting to a crowd of 1000+ attendees. Visit their website at www.evoke-events.com for further information.

If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity to show Vancouver your work, e-mail some samples or links to online galleries or clips where possible.
Administration fee is $15 for students who wish to exhibit.

We?re looking for artwork to be displayed on projectors as well as physically put up in the space. This could include photography, digital imagery and short films.

In regards to short films, those best suited for the environment would be silent films or visual creations which do not require sound. These films would be projected on the wall during the art show or later in the evening set to music.

Please e-mail any questions to: moe@evoke-events.com

For more information: http://

Contest/Festival: ENGLAND

Summary: Presented with The Cultch
A site-specific theatrical tour through spaces and across borders. From an art gallery to a jam factory, from London to Osaka, from a hospital bed to a hotel room, your tour is led by the incomparable Tim Crouch ( my arm, an oak tree ).
Jan 28-31, 7 & 9pm
Vancouver Art Gallery Tickets $26/22 Ticketmaster

Contest/Festival: Fiddlers Retreat

Summary: Theresa Bourke, Fiddlers Retreat course director (Irish music and culture school in the heart of Co. Tipperary, Ireland)

She is a traditional Irish music teacher/performer and completed the Masters Degree in Traditional Irish music performance at The University of Limerick in 2001 after which she spent a few years playing fiddle on a Lord of the Dance world tour.

Now, she organizes week long courses in Irish music and culture for visiting musicians. The week is a carefully chosen itinerary to show musicians a real and authentic insight into Ireland, its music, people, language, dancing, cooking and its rich historic culture.

For more information: http://www.fiddlersretreat.com

Contest/Festival: First Nations Video Game Development Team

Summary: What if an entirely First Nations video game development team set out to create an indigenous game? Would we co-opt game development technology to rework stereotypes in commercial video games? Would we come up with unique gameplay and/or a development process rooted in our cultures? A doctoral research project out of Simon Fraser University's School of Interactive Arts & Technology in Vancouver, British Columbia is searching for motivated First Nations people who can work well in a community-oriented team and dream up and create a video game based in Anishinaabe and Cree culture (just to see them go at it about if it's Wendigo, Weendigo, Wiindigo, Witiko, Wetiko, Wihtiko, you get the idea). You don't have to be Nish or Cree to get involved, but the game content will be!

Artists ? We definitely need a lot of artists who are familiar with 3D modeling programs such as Maya or Blender (hurray for free stuff) as well as animation. It'd be nice to find people who can quickly sketch out their ideas and then also make it happen. We'll need an environment artist, character artist, and object artist who can vibe together stylistically. And if you can do it all, wow, let's give it a shot.

Programmers ? If you don't know game programming, that's okay, but expect to learn it fast. We haven't decided exactly which game engine to use since we'd rather wait until we have the team together, but we're looking on the cheaper end with independent game development tools like Microsoft XNA. We'd like to find people who can handle interface, gameplay, physics, and artificial intelligence programming (although not all necessarily in one person).

Sound ? Audio often gets neglected in small projects, but not this one. We want dedicated sound designers interested in everything from special effects to backdrop music. Games require skills in making music that can transition smoothly from one location or player state to another.

Voiceover Actors ? If you know Cree or Anishinaabe (any dialect), that's a definite plus. But if you're also a fun Blackfoot or Mi'kmaq or Squamish or Mohawk or M?tis or anyone else who is comfortable with playing out a character for audio recordings and can bring energy, we want you!

Cultural Advisors ? Although of course we have our family and friends in mind, we're also looking for people who hold knowledge in traditions, language, and stories to make sure we're wholly representing Anishinaabe and Cree culture, understanding the similarities and differences between the two. And why both cultures?
Because the producers and lead designers are a married Anishinaabe game writer and a Cree filmmaker who share traditions, stories, and words and find the places they meet.

If you're still reading, then you must still be interested. Well, what kind of game is it? Does it have a genre or even a platform yet? All we know is, it has to be cool enough that we as gamers want to play it. So let's find out together. We want a strong concept and full team by July.

The first stage of development will kick off by September and we'll go through a lot of creation and revision over about six months to get a solid prototype launched. Right now, there's no money. Surprise? If you're willing to join this out of the love for it, please get in touch. If we get a team together who wants to find funding, we'll have a better chance with all of us. If you're a student, we can help you get internship/practicum credits. We're in Vancouver, BC, but you don't have to be. We have the amazing Internet now.

If you want to be part of this, hit us up at beth.a.dillon@gmail.com.

--
Beth Aileen Dillon
PhD Student, Simon Fraser University
School of Interactive Arts and Technology Research Assistant, Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace http://www.bethadillon.com

For more information: http://

Contest/Festival: INTERNATIONAL FILM STUDENT COMPETITIONS

Summary: The Film AWAKENED is the April winner of TheReelshow.biz monthly grad film competition.
Congratulations to Dale Stewart and his team.
Dale is a 2007 graduate of South Seas Film and Television School, New Zealand.


A new competition will start from the end of May 2008.

All films uploaded, graduation and portfolio/work in progress, will be eligible for entry*.
The six films with the most hits at the end of the month will go through to the final.
TheReelshow.biz membership will decide the winner.
The winner will receive US$150 as a cash prize and automatic entry into TheReelshow.biz International Film Student Festival 2009.

Details of a new quarterly Graduation Film Competition that is open to 2007 and 2008 graduates only will follow very soon.

*Films that have won previous Reelshow.biz Grad Film monthly competitions cannot enter.

The Reelshow.biz Inc.
THE BEST STUDENT FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
www.thereelshow.biz

For more information: http://www.thereelshow.biz/

Contest/Festival: Northwestern Technology Conference for Undergraduates

Summary: NTCU - May 2 - 4, 2007 SFU Burnaby

Interested in the newest technology? Want to get industry contacts? Excited by cool gadgets?

Then attend NTCU, Canada's newest technology conference specifically organized for undergraduates by undergraduates!

For more information see: www.ntcu.ca

For more information: http://www.ntcu.ca

Contest/Festival: Ottawa International Animation Festival

For more information: http://ottawa.awn.com/

Contest/Festival: PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

Summary: One of Vancouver's signature events. Over 20 days each winter, the PuSh Festival presents groundbreaking work in live performing arts: theatre, dance music, and hybrid forms of performance.

For more information: http://pushfestival.ca

Contest/Festival: Siren

Summary: A whirling, spinning spectacle of mechanical movement, electronic sound and light, where the audience moves freely though the forest of rotating tripods and experience different sonic and visual perspectives on the work.
Jan 20-24 7 & 8:30pm, Jan 24 4pm
Roundhouse
Tickets $20 Tickets Tonight

Contest/Festival: The Vancouver Art Gallery Presents: KRAZYTALK! INDUSTRY GIANTS

Summary: A SPEAKER SERIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH KRAZY! THE DELIRIOUS WORLD OF ANIME + COMICS + VIDEO GAMES + ART

MAY 15 - JUNE 4, 2008

MAY 15 - 7pm COMIC ARTIST ART SPIEGELMAN

Centre for Digital Media, Great Northern Way Campus, 577 Great Northern Way

A major figure in the underground comics movement of the 1960s and 70s, Spiegelman is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic memoir Maus, which retraces his parents? story as Holocaust survivors. Formerly named ?one of the 100 Most Influential People of our times? by Time Magazine, he continues to be a political activist and a public champion for innovative comic book work.

MAY 23 - 7pm MICHAEL AMZALAG AND MATHIAS AUGUSTYNIAK, M/M (PARIS)

Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street

Graphic designers Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak founded M/M Paris in 1992. Their work has been shown in art galleries and museums all over the world, most recently in the 2008 exhibition Vision Tenace at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Their projects are created in partnership with such diverse designers and artists as Stella MacCartney, Yohji Yamamoto, Douglas Gordon and Bjork.

MAY 29 - 7pm ANIMATED FILM MAKER TIM JOHNSON

Centre for Digital Media, Great Northern Way Campus, 577 Great Northern Way

DreamWorks Animation film director Tim Johnson directed the 2006 computer animated comedy Over the Hedge, starring the voices of Bruce Willis and Gary Shandling. His earlier projects include the animated action adventure Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and DreamWorks? first computer animated comedy, Antz, as well as the infamous segment Homer3 from The Simpsons Halloween special Treehouse of Horror VI.

JUNE 4 - 7pm COMPUTER GAME DESIGNER WILL WRIGHT

Centre for Digital Media, Great Northern Way Campus, 577 Great Northern Way

Widely acknowledged as one of the most important innovators in gaming, technology and entertainment, Will Wright is the designer of the groundbreaking computer simulation games
SimCity and The Sims, the bestselling computer game of all time. Wright has received two lifetime achievement awards from Game Developers Choice Awards and was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 2002.

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TICKETS: 604.662.4717

SERIES OF FOUR PRESENTATIONS: ADULTS $85, Members and seniors $68, students $34.

INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS: ADULTS $25, Members and seniors $20, students $10.

For more information: http://

Contest/Festival: Whistler Film Festival Gala and Auction

Summary: Location: The Sutton Place Hotel.

Playing host to up to 250 of B.C?s most influential business leaders and media luminaries, guests of the Gala will enjoy a specially themed evening that includes a gourmet feast complemented by fine wine and fabulous entertainment, as well as a silent and live auction featuring priceless items and experiences, and a grand prize raffle. Proceeds raised from the event will support the Whistler Film Festival Society?s annual programs for B.C. filmmakers and aspiring youth.

Tickets are $200 per person or $2,000 per table of 10, and tax receipts will be issued for the maximum allowable amount. Tickets and tables can be purchased online at http://www.whistlerfilmfestival.com/gala/, by phoning 604-649-1568 or by emailing galatickets@whistlerfilmfestival.com

For more information: http://